A blog about books. Mostly focusing on African-American fiction, but will also write about true crime, biographies and others

Friday, July 10, 2015

Book News You Can Use 7/10/15

Many people are awaiting Tuesday's release of Harper Lee's Go Set A Watchman, which is the "sequel" for To Kill A Mockingbird. PBS will be showing the American Masters episode chronicling Harper's life tonight and will include an update about the new book. Here is a picture of Harper receiving a finished copy of the book. And you can read the first chapter here.

The huge news that is coming out of my home state is that the Confederate Flag is FINALLY off the Statehouse grounds. THANK GOD. This recent interview of Percival Everett (who is releasing a short story collection) and his thoughts on the Confederate Flag were…interesting.

In honor of Malala Yousafzai's 18th birthday this weekend, she is putting a spotlight on global education. Use the hashtag #booksnotbullets in your social media accounts with a picture of you and your favorite book to show your support.